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Aaronson, the only U.S. player to feature in all of their World
Cup qualifiers so far for this year's finals in Qatar, was
injured in training at the weekend and will not have recovered
in time for Thursday's game away to Mexico.
"After reviewing the updated medical information and in
consultation with Red Bull Salzburg, we have determined that
Brenden Aaronson would not be available to play in the upcoming
World Cup Qualifying matches," U.S. Soccer said in a statement.
"We were hopeful he would be able to recover in time;
unfortunately, that will not be the case. We hope he makes a
speedy recovery."
After 11 rounds of matches in the final phase of qualifying,
unbeaten Canada (25 points) have a four-point cushion over the
Unites States and Mexico. Panama are fourth with 17 points.
The top three teams will represent CONCACAF in Qatar while the
fourth-placed finisher will face a team from Oceania in an
intercontinental playoff for a place at the World Cup.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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